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Adult and continuing education : major themes in education Volume III : Vocational education / edited by Peter Jarvis with Colin Griffin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2003.Description: xi, 341p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0415130255
  • 0415130263 (V. 1)
  • 0415130271 (V. 2)
  • 041513028X (V. 3)
  • 0415130298 (V. 4)
  • 0415282470 (V. 5)
  • 9780415130257:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 374
Contents:
[PART 1 Introduction] A mechanic on adult education -- Excerpt from 'Mechanics Institutes' -- Chartism and a workers' programme of education -- Working man's college -- Birth of the Institute -- Technical education and Humane Studies.
[PART 2 Adult education and the working class] Report of the Trades Unions' Education Enquiry Committee -- Beginning with the beginner -- Industrial education -- Victory for Italian workers: the 'the 150 hours' -- Ford EDAP: breaking through the barriers.
[PART 3 Aspects of retraining] Significant and unintended consequences: the GI Bill and adult education -- Education of veterans -- Retraining the older worker.
[PART 4 Education, work and competence] Education and work: preliminary thoughts on the encouragement of productive work in the educational process -- What is Competence? -- Critical turn: reviewing professionalization, training, and the problem of competence.
[PART 5 Continuing professional education (CPE)] Continuing professional education (in the USA) -- Excerpt from 'The Tacit Dimension' -- Theories of action -- From technical rationality to reflection-in-action -- New paradigms for learning in the workplace.
[PART 6 Education and industry] Training workers: a backward glance -- A case in the motor industry -- The mission of the university for industry.
[PART 7 Conclusion] Calling adult education to account.

Published in 5 volumes.

Includes bibliographical references.

Volume V includes index to all five volumes.

[PART 1 Introduction] A mechanic on adult education -- Excerpt from 'Mechanics Institutes' -- Chartism and a workers' programme of education -- Working man's college -- Birth of the Institute -- Technical education and Humane Studies.

[PART 2 Adult education and the working class] Report of the Trades Unions' Education Enquiry Committee -- Beginning with the beginner -- Industrial education -- Victory for Italian workers: the 'the 150 hours' -- Ford EDAP: breaking through the barriers.

[PART 3 Aspects of retraining] Significant and unintended consequences: the GI Bill and adult education -- Education of veterans -- Retraining the older worker.

[PART 4 Education, work and competence] Education and work: preliminary thoughts on the encouragement of productive work in the educational process -- What is Competence? -- Critical turn: reviewing professionalization, training, and the problem of competence.

[PART 5 Continuing professional education (CPE)] Continuing professional education (in the USA) -- Excerpt from 'The Tacit Dimension' -- Theories of action -- From technical rationality to reflection-in-action -- New paradigms for learning in the workplace.

[PART 6 Education and industry] Training workers: a backward glance -- A case in the motor industry -- The mission of the university for industry.

[PART 7 Conclusion] Calling adult education to account.

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